Improvement in kitchen-safes



UNITED STaTEs PATENT (DEFIGE` GEORGE wAsIIINGIyoN BLLENBAOEER, 0EELooMINeToN, INDIANA.

IMPRQVEMENT IN KITCHEN-SAFES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent o. 172,909, dated February1, 1876; application led July 17, 1875.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEO. W. BOLLEN- BAGHER, of Bloomington, in thecounty of Monroe and State of Indiana, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Kitchen-Safes; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof', referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, andA to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification. A

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementot' a combined our and meal chest, drawer, and safe, as will behereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to. make and use the saine, I will'now proceed to describeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing', inwhich- Figure lis a front view of my invention.l Fig. 2 is a transversevertical section of the saine. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the.lower part thereof. vFig. 4 is a plan view,

showing one corner of the flour and meal chest. I

A represents a chest, of any suitable dimensions, divided, by means-cfacentral transverse partition, c, into two compartments, A1 and A2, onefor flour and the other for meal. The bottom B ot' the chest.' is madeinclined forward, so that the scoop can easily be used to take up evento the last remnants of the contents therein. In the bin Az is agrating, b, upon which to place the scoop, and hooks d d to receive therolling-pin. ln the other bin A1 is a trough or box, e, to receive sucharticles as may be desired to be placed therein. Over the rear part ofthe chest A, and extending the entire length thereof, is a casecontaining large drawers C C, for coffee and sugar, and a series ofsmall drawers, D, for

knives, forks, spoons, spices, and such other articles asmay bedesiredto -be kept therein. The top of the chest A, in front of the caseof drawers, is provided with a hinged lid or top, E, which, when opened,is supported upon hinged leaves G G, as shown. or top E in the top ofthe chest A is a cakeboard, H, resting upon cleats f 'in the-Chest A,and which can be moved under the drawercase, to gain admittance into thebins below, or be moved forward to close the same, and then form a partof the table, of which the opened lid E forms the other part. When thusplaced, the board H isheld in position by a sliding bolt, h, ateachffe'nd. On top of the drawer-case is a safe, I, constructed in anysuitable manner, and made entirely separate from the chest and drawers.

. Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to Asecure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved kitchen-safe A, having a central partition, a, dividing it`into bins A1 and A2, sliding shelf H, and hinged top E, said shelf Hbeing provided with bolts 71 and adapted to be drawn forward and lockedin place to form a continuous surface l'with the unfolded top E, orpushed .back to cover`the bins in connection with said top when folded,substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.'

GEO. W. BOLLENBACHER.

Witnesses HENEY HENLY, A. R. HowE.

Under the nu

